Patrick Kavanagh - Poem Summaries & Tips for Leaving Cert English Poetry Revision

Studying the poetry of Patrick Kavanagh for the Leaving Cert? This podcast is for you!



Listen to expert teacher Peter Tobin, as he joins us to give you ideas and in-depth analysis you can use in your poetry essays.



Peter looks at the themes and style of Kavanagh’s poetry in this podcast and examines each of his poems on the syllabus in detail. 



Leaving Cert English students will be doing a select number of poems so there are timecodes below for each section so you can skip to the ones you’re studying. 



0:00 Intro, Themes & Style



16:23 Inniskeen Road: July Evening



19:28 Shancoduff



21:42 The Great Hunger, Section 1



26:38 Advent



30:05 A Christmas Childhood



32:00 On Raglan Road



34:30 Epic



36:40 The Hospital



38:35 Canal Bank Walk



41:48 Lines Written on a Seat on the Grand Canal Dublin 



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For more excellent (and free) Leaving Cert English content to help you excel in your exams, we highly recommend checking out Peter's YouTube channel:

https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC92KBWQhZ6bpEZe9x62Et3Q



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